Detachable button.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

I. MILLER. DBTACHABLE BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1905.

- I INVENTOR UNITED STATES Pig' IENT OFFICE.

IONE MILLER, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

DETACHABLE BUTTON Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Original applicationfiled May 9, 1905, Serial No. 259,505. Divided and this application filed September 1,1905. SerialNo. 276,745-

of the United States, residing at Bradford, in

the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consistsin the novel features hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, and said invention is fully disclosed in the following description and clairr s.

This invention is a division of my application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed May 9, 1905, Serial No. 259,505.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1 represents one of my improved detachable buttons, showing it used for the purpose of attaching a nether garment to a childs shirtwaist, portions only of said garments being shown. Fig. 2 represents one of said buttons attached to a loop of tape on a garment such as a childs waist. Fig. 3 represents one of said buttons detached. Fig. 4. represents a slight modification of my improved button.

This invention consists of an improved detachable button which is adapted particularly for use with washable garments where it is desirable to remove the buttons before laundering, such as childrens shirtwaists, but which may be employed for any purpose for which they may be found convenient or desirable.

In its simplest form it consists of a button proper or head, to which is attached a flexible loop of tape, cord, or other flexible material of sufficient size and length to be passed over the head of the button after inserting the loo through a tape, buttonhole, strap, or other device secured to a garment or other article.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated my preferred form of the device, which consists of the head or button proper, D, in the form of a disk, of bone, pearl, rubber, or other suitable material, provided with two holes (1 d, through which is passed an endless attaching band or loop (1. I prefer to form this loop of soft woven cord or ta e and to attach thereto midway between t e button D and the outer end of the loop d. a cross-piece d of fabric, such as a piece of tape folded upon itself and stitched to the loop (1. The tape of the cross-piece is preferably folded upon the loop and stitched all around its edges and across its center, as shown, thereby securing the tape to the loop, and the two ends of the piece of cord or tape forming the loop (1 may be brought between or under the cross-piece d before stitching on the cross-piece, thus simultaneously securing the ends of the loop.

In Fig. '4 I have shown a simpler form of the detachable button, consisting of the disk or head D and a simple endless loop (1 passed through the two holes (1 d in the disk. In some instances it is found desirable to form the attaching-loop of the buttons of elastic material, so that the loop may yield slightly when subjected to considerable strain toavoid breaking or detaching the loopl from the head or from the garment wit which it is used. To attach the button, it is only necessary to pass the attaching-loop under a strap such as the strap a, illustrated in Fig. 2-which is secured to a garment A, illustrated f agn:entarily, (such as a childs shirtwaist,) or through a loop, eye, buttonhole, or other aperture affording a hold for the loop, and then to pass the head of the button through the end of the loop, as shown in Fig. 2. Where the cross-piece d is employed, it will prevent the loo from drawing up tightly, and thus hold tl fe head or button proper closer to the point of attachment to the garment. The use of this cross-piece also renders it easier to remove the buttons when it is desired to do so.

Another method of using the detachable button is illustrated in Fig. 1, in which A represents a ortion of a childs shirt-waist rovided wit a strap 0. near the waist-line, from which it is desired to support the nether arment, a ortion of which is illustrated at and whic is provided with a strap 1). In this case the loop (1 of the button is passed beneath straps t and a, and the loop is then passed over the head of the button, thus securing the two garments together.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A detachable button consisting of a head or disk provided with an attaching-loop of flexible material, for connection with a loop-engaging device on a garment, said loop being of sufficient length to. pass over the head or disk and extend beyond the periphery thereof, for detachably securing the button to a garment, substantially as described.

2. A detachable button consisting of a disk or head provided with a air of aperend of the same, and uniting said meeting tures and an endless attaching- 00p of flexiends, substantially as described.

ble material extending loosely through both of said apertures and of suflicient length to pass over the head or disk and extend beyond the periphery thereof for detachably securing said button to a garment, substantially as described.

8. A detachable button for garments comprising a head, a loop of flexible material secured thereto, and a closs-piece secured to said loo between the head and the opposite end of the loop, substantially as described.

4. A detachable button for garments comprising a head or disk having two apertures therein, a loop of flexible material passing 5. A detachable button for garments corrprising a head or disk having two apertures therein, a loop of flexible material passing through said apertures, and having its ends meeting at a point between the head and the opposite end of the loop, and a cross-piece of fabric placed acioss said loop at the point where the ends thereof rreet, and stitched to said loop, thus securing the cross-piece to the loop and also uniting the ends of the loop, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IONE MILLER.

through said apertures, and having its ends meeting at a point between the head and the Witnesses:

opposite end of the loop, and a cross-piece se- J. W. WINDUs, cured to said loop at the meeting-point of the J. R. WALKER. 

